Friday 14 May, 2010 - 10:30 AM EDT
BASELWORLD 2010 PREVIEW
Blancpain Introduces a “Re-imagined†Villeret Moon Phase
Baselworld 2010 marks the 275th Anniversary for Blancpain and is the occasion for the debut of a new Villeret Collection. The first timepiece from this new series to be unveiled is a new complete calendar moon-phase model featuring a fully secure calendar mechanism, and under-lug correctors, fitted into a half-hunter red gold case.
This new Blancpain Villeret Collection distils aesthetics and complications that have been at Blancpain’s core since the early 1980s. The understatement and elegance that have always marked Blancpain’s Villeret models have been brought forward in a new way, backed by the technical advances achieved through Blancpain’s heavy investment in movement development over the past several years.
The complete calendar moon-phase has always been the signature complication for the Villeret Collection. This Blancpain’s exclusive in-house automatic calibre is fitted with a balance oscillating at 28,800 vibrations per hour with an antimagnetic index assembly, and with two barrels guaranteeing it a 72-hour power reserve. Nearly as complex as a full perpetual calendar, this Villeret model features a revolutionary method for adjusting the indications without fear of movement damage, regardless of the time of day. To facilitate setting of the indications, Blancpain has equipped the new Villeret timepiece with its patented under-lug correctors. This not only leaves the sides of the watches with a remarkably pure finish, unmarred by the presence of adjusters, but also means that changes can be accomplished with one’s finger tips instead of requiring a dedicated tool.
For the first model of the new Villeret Collection, Blancpain has opted for a 40 mm red gold half-hunter case and a decorated opaline dial.
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Thursday 13 May, 2010 - 10:00 AM EDT
2010 Vacheron Constantin and Golf
Snow Golf Cup
Snow and a festive, friendly atmosphere were part of the mix in Megève when the famous French ski resort hosted 250 professional and amateur golfers to the white-blanketed fairways of the Mont d'Arbois golf course for the 10th anniversary Vacheron Constantin Snow Golf Cup.
The patron of the 2010 edition, Alain Boghossian (Football World Champion in 1998), along with Philippe Guilhem (a jeweller in Megève and the founder-organiser of the competition) and Marc Guten (International Director of Swiss watch manufacturer Vacheron Constantin) welcomed the many personalities taking part, including:
-   Cédric Heymans, international rugby player from the Stade Toulousain club
-Â Â Â Fabrice Tarnaud, Professional French Champion and golf consultant for Canal+
-Â Â Â Ghislain Rosier, member of the Challenge Tour,
As well as the following captains of industry:
-Â Â Â Nicolas de Tavernost (Chairman of the Board of Directors of M6),
-Â Â Â Paolo de Cesare (President and CEO of the Printemps),
-Â Â Â Christopher Baldelli (Chairman of the Board of Directors of RTL),
-   Thierry Chassagne (President of Warner Music France)…
After the two days of competition, the final rankings were topped by Jean-Yves Di Martino and Nathalie Guten. The prize-giving ceremony took place under the “Dome†installed at the heart of the village of Megève, followed by an evening at the Alpaga hotel masterfully orchestrated by Michelin-starred chefs Emmanuel Renaut (Flocons de Sel), Michel Roth (Ritz Paris) and Olivier Bardoux (Chalet du Mont d'Arbois):
 Vacheron Constantin Snow Golf Cup 2010 - Results
1st Net Nathalie Guten and Jean-Yves di Martino
2nd Net   Paul Puech and Hervé Gastinel
3rd Net   Olivier Habert and Eric Taberlet
Prize for Elegance : Rose Chassagne
Ladies' Drive Competition : Anne Fourdrignier
Men's Drive Competition : Ghislain Rosier
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Wednesday 12 May, 2010 - 10:40 AM EDT
How did the Metiers d'Art - La symbolique des laques collection came about ?
Vacheron Constantin
The idea of a project combining maki-e and watchmaking had long been filed away in the drawers of Vacheron Constantin’s design department. But the spark that would bring it to life had never been found. The spark was finally to come from Zôhiko, which had the same idea in reverse – combining the talents of the watchmaking arts with those of the lacquer arts.
The reference to “Masks†is no coincidence: it was the technical and artistic boldness and the beauty of this collection that encouraged Zôhiko to introduce itself to Vacheron Constantin in the autumn of 2007, to explore the possibility of cooperating.
While chance and luck play a role in every meeting, a true relationship can be built only on the basis of deep affinities and shared values. These developed immediately between the two companies, both of which have the same fundamental respect for cultural, technical, and artistic traditions. Vacheron Constantin is the repository of an uninterrupted history dating back to 1755, and Zôhiko, founded in 1661, is almost a century older. The two together have garnered 600 years of experience and expertise.
Above all, however, this collection is a human adventure. It is a voyage through and exploration of an unknown “great beyond†in which craftsmanship and innovation come together at their zenith. Of this union between the craftsmen of one of the oldest Japanese lacquer companies, Zôhiko – headquartered in Kyoto since its founding in 1661 – and Vacheron Constantin – the world’s oldest watchmaker, which has been making watches in Geneva without interruption since its beginnings in 1755 – was born a remarkable embodiment of the same core values: the Métiers d’Art – La symbolique des laques collection.
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Tuesday 11 May, 2010 - 11:20 AM EDT
Vacheron Constantin: The "Metiers d' Art"
La symbolique Des Laques Collection
No one at Vacheron Constantin can be unaware of what a passion for fine watchmaking involves. For without passion, there are no real expectations. Undoubtedly, one of Vacheron Constantin’s greatest qualities is that it remains faithful to these visionaries and virtuosi of another age. Vacheron Constantin is deeply committed to handing down and developing the watchmaking trades, especially the artistic crafts, which bring together the quintessential skills of the highly specialized decorative arts used in watchmaking (enameller, engraver, guillocheur, and gem-setter). This commitment continues today through timepieces that are true works of art and whose manufacturing secrets survive in the workshops of only a few masters and craftsmen.
Vacheron Constantin institutionalized with the Métiers d’Art collection in 2004 (Tribute to the Great Explorers) demonstrated its unshakeable will to perpetuate one of its core values: carrying on the traditions of craftsmanship found in fine watchmaking’s artistic trades.
The incredible reaction to the Métiers d’Art – Les Masques collection born of the encounter between Vacheron Constantin and Geneva’s Barbier-Mueller Museum has only strengthened the watch manufacturer’s conviction that today, more than ever, it is important to match the cultural and artistic trades with watchmaking of the highest technical quality.
Such a combining of talents, associating both technical and decorative virtuosity with accuracy, perfectly illustrates Vacheron Constantin’s core values: seeking excellence, supporting creativity, being open to the world, respecting and handing down traditions, and finally, sharing the passion.
Related: How did the “Métiers d’Art – La symbolique des laques†collection came about ? -
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Monday 10 May, 2010 - 10:10 AM EDT
PIAGET - Altiplano 43 mm - Calibre 1208P
The Manufacture de Haute Horlogerie Piaget presents the Altiplano 43 mm Calibre 1208P model.
In order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the introduction of its legendary Calibre 12P in 1960, the world’s thinnest mechanical self-winding movement at that time, the Manufacture de Haute Horlogerie Piaget is presenting Calibre 1208P. This mechanism, once again regarding to Piaget, sets new limits by becoming the thinnest self-winding movement currently on the market, at 2.35 mm.
Calibre 1208P will be equipping one of Piaget’s iconic models: the Altiplano, which features a new 43 mm case size and just 5.25 mm thick, the thinnest watch in its category. Piaget has written some of the finest pages in the history of ultra-thin movements and has played, for more than fifty years, a ground-breaking role in doing so. In 1957, Piaget caused a sensation by developing Calibre 9P, the world’s thinnest mechanical hand-wound movement (at 2 mm thick). Two years later, Valentin Piaget filed a patent for Calibre 12P (2.3 mm only), which was marketed in 1960 and set a new record in the category of self-winding watches.
(Piaget Altiplano vintage 1960 with Calibre 12P)
50 years after Calibre 12P was introduced to the market, the 1208P self-winding movement earns Piaget’s for the thinnest self-winding movement, and also enriches an extremely wealthy collection of movements stemming from decades of creativity and inventions. This watchmaking inheritance is sufficient to declare the brand’s figure as one of the truly great Manufactures. 
(Piaget Altiplano 43 mm – Calibre 1208P)
This timepiece represents a landmark anniversary setting a new record for thinness and blends it with it’s characteristically reliability.
Piaget Altiplano 43 mm watch equipped with Calibre 1208P sets a new record: the thinnest mechanical self-winding watch, at just 5.25 mm.
TECHNICAL DATA:
Large model 43 mm
18-carat -white or yellow- gold case
Silver-coloured dial, black baton hour-markers, baton hands
Manufacture Piaget 1208P ultra-thin mechanical self-winding movement
Functions: Hour, minute, small seconds (at 4 o'clock)
Movement thickness : 2.35 mm
Casing dimensions : 13 ¼ ’’’ ( 29.9 mm diameter)
Number of jewels : 27
Frequency : 21,600 vph
Approximately 40-hour power reserve
Finishing : circular Côtes de Genève, circular-grained plate, bevelled bridges, blued screws, sunray-brushed wheels, 22-carat pink gold oscillating weight engraved with Piaget coat of arms 18-carat white gold pin buckle Black alligator leather strap
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